Xbox Game Pass adds Forza Motorsport, Like A Dragon: Ishin!, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, and From Space in early to mid October

World of Warcraft has remained one of the premier titles within the MMORPG genre for nearly two decades at this point, and Blizzard shows no sign of slowing down the iconic franchise.

Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard games won't appear on Xbox Game Pass until next year. On the Official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer claimed that players wouldn't be seeing a big drop of those titles immediately, due to the lengthy regulatory challenges the company faced in its buyout attempt. Since it was uncertain whether the acquisition would be approved by Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) until recently, Xbox wasn't able to do the groundwork for adding the catalogue to their gaming subscription service. Ahead of the deal's closure, Activision Blizzard confirmed on Twitter that the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and newly-launched Diablo IV won't be coming to Game Pass soon, but Spencer's statement covers older titles as well.

Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard surely hit its fair share of roadblocks in the approval process, but at long last, the deal was formally closed last week, with Microsoft officially welcoming Activision Blizzard King to Xbox. A deal of this magnitude is obviously going to have a significant impact on the industry for years to come, but where the immediate future is concerned, many will be hoping to see games in the Activision Blizzard back catalog being added to the Game Pass catalog.

Microsoft has confirmed the list of new wave 2 games coming to throughout the final weeks of October 2023. The highlight of the list is Cities: Skylines 2 on PC, although there’s also the addition of Dead Space Remake on EA Play.

Microsoft has confirmed the remaining batch of games that will be joining the Xbox Game Pass library through the rest of October 2023, headlined by the Dead Space remake, F1 Manager 23, Like a Dragon: Ishin! and the big new release of Cities: Skylines 2.

Microsoft has announced new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass in late October, which includes Cities: Skylines II, the Dead Space remake, Jusant, Mineko’s Night Market, and more.

Xbox Game Pass offers a strong library of games available for a subscription fee, but one title that could give the service a significant boost is the upcoming Not to be confused with 2011's, the new entry follows the rebooted subseries and is set to release across current and last-gen PlayStation and Xbox systems as well as PC. With a retail price of $69.99, isn't going to come cheap, making the possibility of an Xbox Game Pass release particularly tantalizing.

Bethesda and developer Arkane Austin have released a big update for Redfall, adding a 60fps Performance Mode on Xbox Series X|S and making a bunch of gameplay improvements and tweaks, as well as more accessibility options, as they try to deliver on their promises to make this into a much better game.

Bethesda and developer Arkane Austin have released a big update for Redfall, adding a 60fps Performance Mode on Xbox Series X|S and making a bunch of gameplay improvements and tweaks, as well as more accessibility options, as they try to deliver on their promises to make this into a much better game.

The iconic real-time tactics series is returning with Commandos: Origins, coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC in 2024. The game will also be coming to Xbox Game Pass.

The iconic real-time tactics series is returning with Commandos: Origins, coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC in 2024. The game will also be coming to Xbox Game Pass.

If you’re subscribed to Game Pass, you have quite a few notable upcoming releases to look forward to. Microsoft has revealed the lineup of games that will be added to the subscription service’s library in the coming days as part of the first wave of October additions, and there’s a couple of major titles to look forward to.